The Trajectories of Heavy, Solid Particles in a Two-Dimensional Jet of Ideal Fluid Impinging Normally upon a Plate

Abstract

An expression is derived for the flow field in a two-dimensional jet of ideal fluid impinging normally upon a plate situated at an arbitrary distance from a parallel sided orifice. Numerical data are given when the orifice is at an infinite distance and in three other cases. In each example the trajectories of solid particles carried by the fluid are calculated by a stepwise method, and the conditions determining whether a particle will strike the plate or not are found.